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Vital Voices features interviews with a wide variety of people talking about the subjects they are most passionate about in life.
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- 1 weeks ago18 min
New Leadership at The Carter Family Fold
We talk with Ellen Stroud, the new Executive Director of The Carter Family Fold and Memorial Music Center in Hiltons, Virginia.
- 2 weeks ago18 min
Conversations with NPR Authors
In a special fundraising edition of "Vital Voices," we talk with three NPR colleagues about their latest books. Our guests are Scott Detrow and Daniel Burke, co-authors of American Pope: Leo the XIV's Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City, and Allison Aubrey, author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love.
- 3 weeks ago18 min
A Fall Tradition Continues in Southwest Virginia
We explore the role of apple butter in keeping an Appalachian community together.
- Oct 8, 202617 min
Addressing Hunger in Appalachia
We take a look at the work of the organization Feeding Southwest Virginia and how it is attacking hunger in the region.
- Oct 1, 202618 min
A Visit to the Fruit Tea Capital of the World
The city of Columbia, Tennessee, is proclaiming itself the Fruit Tea Capital of the World, and city leaders are busy preparing for the first festival to honor the designation. We talk with Kelli Johnson of Columbia Main Street.
- Sep 24, 202618 min
Back Home in Indianola
From our archives, the late B.B. King revisits his hometown in the Mississippi Delta and remembers his musical beginnings.
- Sep 17, 202617 min
A Brief History of Scottish Fiddling
We look back to the 18th century and trace the history of fiddle music in Scotland, with award-winning fiddler Dr. Jane MacMorran.
- Sep 11, 202617 min
The Importance of Organ Donation
Dr. Douglas Hale from Vanderbilt University Medical Center explains how renal transplants are done and emphasizes the importance of organ donation.
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